[Ephemera issued by bus companies, advertising bus transport services. 1900-1959]

Date: 1952

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to buses, bus companies, and bus transport services]

By: Eastbourne (Lower Hutt, N.Z.). Borough Council; Geo Deslandes Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-BUS-1952-01

Description: Front cover shows a bird's eye view of the settlement of Eastbourne on the eastern side of Wellington Harbour. The back cover shows the "delightful tea garden". The inside contains the timetable on a double spread. Other Titles - Timetable Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) folded card. Physical Description: Photolithographs on folded card

Date: 1950

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to buses, bus companies, and bus transport services]

By: Midland Coachlines (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-BUS-1950-01

Description: A pamphlet issued to celebrate 21 years of Midland bus service on the Methven run. Laugeson & Son purchased the service in 1929 from Mr Ray Grubb who had operated the run with a 15-seater Republic bus from 1923. There are photographs of the 1923 Republic bus with Mr R R Grubb standing beside it, the 1929 Minerva 15-seater, the 1930 Thornycroft 16-seater, the 1937 Bedford 29-seater and the 1950 Leyland-Comet 29-seater. Describes the special features of the Leyland Comet; and describes the good reputation of busdrivers Campbell McPhail and Noel Direen. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on pamphlet 223 x 290 mm, folded to 223 x 98 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2006.

Date: 1955 - 1957

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to buses, bus companies, and bus transport services]

By: Luxury Landlines Ltd; Mitchell, Leonard Cornwall, 1901-1971; Young & Kelly-Dyke (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-BUS-1956-01

Description: Pamphlet advertising the luxury bus service, the principal agents being Russell & Somers Ltd of Wellington and Auckland. The service featured a hostess, radio, toilet, hot and cold water, and heating. The inside of the brochure shows a humorous illustrated map of the route by Leonard Cornwall Mitchell. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on card, 115 x 177 mm, folded to 115 x 89 mm Provenance: One copy donated by in 2002. Another copy donated by Shirley Barclay for the McLaughlin family in 2010.

Date: 1954

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to buses, bus companies, and bus transport services]

By: Greyhound Buses Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-BUS-1954-01

Description: Pamphlet advertising greyound bus services shows an illustration of a busdriver and of a bus on the front panel. The bus service served Wanganui, Ohakune and Raetihi. Dated because of rubber stamp on front panel, dated 2 April 1954. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on sheet 230 x 330 mm, folded in three to 230 x 110 mm.

Date: 1949

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to buses, bus companies, and bus transport services]

By: Eastbourne (Lower Hutt, N.Z.). Borough Council; Geo Deslandes Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-BUS-1949-01

Description: Front cover shows a bus on the road above the wharf at Eastbourne, and the back cover shows the "delightful tea garden". The inside contains the timetable on a double spread. Message from Ali Carew of Eastbourne Historical Society, 28 March 2012: "... the photo montage on the front cover shows the Muritai, the largest of all the Eastbourne ferries, approaching Rona Bay wharf. But the Muritai had been sold to the Navy in 1940, nearly nine years earlier, and by January 1949 the Borough Council was about to axe the ferry service altogether after the one remaining ferry, the much-loved Cobar, had been damaged by fire the previous year. So [the] piece of ephemera from 1949 itself embodies a touch of nostalgia for a local institution that was about to disappear". Other Titles - Timetable Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) folded card. Physical Description: Photolithographs on folded card

Date: 1940 - 1959

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to buses, bus companies, and bus transport services]

By: Greyhound Buses Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-BUS-1940s-01

Description: Green ticket shows a running greyhound. The observation tour was a tour of the scenic beauty spots around Wanganui. Other Titles - Twenty Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on green ticket, 63 x 104 mm.